Engineer Engineering

JITENDRA KUMAR

Lead Production Technologist - Well Reservoir & Facility Management

Ref. ID: OSPB15, Company ID: mu54528

Shell Seconded to Petroleum Development Oman, Petroleum Engineering, Oil South, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Mobile +968-********, Phone +968-********(Office)

Email: ********.*.*****@***.**.**; *******@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://om.linkedin.com/pub/jitendra-kumar/26/672/305

Key Competencies & Experience Summary

Lead Production Technology Specialist with 22 years of broad-based industry experience in areas ranging from Drilling, Production Technology and Asset Management to all integrated surface and sub-surface activities.

Expertise in Well, Reservoir & Facility Management with focus on well reviews, Production System Optimization, opportunity generation, execution, production optimization and have good understanding of the complete life cycle of field development with integration of geology, petrophysics, reservoir engineering and well technology.

Have worked with Oil majors (Shell/Chevron), mid size operating company (Petro Canada now Suncor/PDO Oman/ONGC/OIL) and service company (Delium Malaysia) at various locations in diverse, mutli-national and multi-cultural work environment.

Managed EOR trail in Oman for Shell/PDO JV operated field for Low Salinity Water Flooding.

Experienced professional in artificial lift systems involving well evaluation for identification for need of, selecting and designing the artificial lift systems for field development planning and optimization of existing gas lift, beam pumping, ESP and PCP.

Have “hand on” experience and managed different artificially lifted wells including over 790 Nos. Beam Pumping (India, Oman), Over 600 Nos. Gas Lifted single and dual strings (Nigeria, Malaysia, India, Libya, Oman) 22 Nos. PCP (India) and over 100 Nos. ESP (Libya, Oman) wells for design, performance evaluation, problem diagnosis, solution development and implementation, revival and performance review of sick and underperforming wells.

Worked in variety of reservoir and producing conditions such as under-saturated and saturated, depletion & water drive, fine unconsolidated sand, high water cut, wax, 10 to 43 API heavy to light oil, high GOR, very low to high PI, very tight low permeability sands, vertical, deviated and horizontal wells during development and subsequent field management.

Advised on petroleum engineering inputs for integrated field performance review, production enhancement campaigns, drilling, work over and stand alone well services interventions including well construction, work over and abandonment process.

Detailed Reservoir, Well, field and facility performance evaluation, problem diagnosis from reservoir to storage facilities and production system optimization by well productivity models and integrated production modeling using Nodal Analysis and simulation software.

Good experience of well modeling, analyzing well performance using PROSPER, WinGLUE, WellFlo, PIPESIM with inflow-outflow calculations for generating well rates, tubing sizing and lift tables. Have experience in building and maintaining well and production system models using WellFlo and IPM (PROSPER/GAP/MBAL) Toolkit and PIPESIM. Also worked with tools as SubPUMP and SROD.

Expert level skills in design, implementation, performance evaluation and optimization of stand-alone and networked gas lift systems and have been providing gas lift consultancy.

Worked as Asset Engineer for Technology Development and field trial of New Technology in association with New Technology and Studies Team.

Capable to forecast technical challenges, risks and its mitigation measures based on studies and practical field experience. Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills, a good team player and able to work independently with minimum direct supervision.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, outcome focused, innovative, confident PT Lead and mentor.

Hands on experience in drilling, work over and stand alone interventions.

Professional Qualifications

Bachelor of Technology (First Class Degree) in Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, India

One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, IGNOU, New Delhi, India

Two Year Post Graduate Degree in Ecology and Environment, IIEE, New Delhi, India

Work History

Current-May 2013

DESIGNATION: Lead Production Technologist - Well Reservoir & Facility Management

COMPANY: Shell Seconded to Petroleum Development Oman

An active member of PE Sub-Surface directorate, have been working as Asset Lead PT for Well, Reservoir & Facility Management(WRFM) functions and supporting WRFM Team Leader for coordinating opportunity generation to maturation, production optimization and maintenance, intervention works, well integrity and data management. Have additional role for New Oil Drilling that include well pick, drilling, completion, commissioning and testing. Providing regular inputs to business cycles of Development Planning, Annual Program Built, Short Term Production Forecast (STPF) and Annual Review of Petroleum Resources (ARPR). Also, adding value to growing cluster by providing strong technical TA-2 (Technical Authority Level-2) support to complex and challenging field studies, operations and coaching local staff.

As part of strong team driving the growing asset portfolio, closely involved with WRFM activities that boosted production from 8000 to 8750 m3/d. During last seven years growth is achieved by arresting NFA decline, improved near field appraisal, new oil performance and reserve addition. Providing TA2 support for cluster development strategy mainly focused on maintaining production plateau and future growth through appraisal, fraccing and EOR projects. With integration, initiatives and support form stakeholders, have been able to address data gap issues through acquisition and subsequent interpretation of regular surveillance (tracer surveys, RSTs, PLTs, Build Up, Step rate) to make decisions on new wells, water shut-offs, stimulation, injection rates, active zone changes and optimization of both artificially lifted and natural flow completions. Regularly evaluating and optimizing water flood performance via continuously updated subsurface models, including sand-level mapping, stream-line simulation and real-time EBS. Improved cluster surveillance including tracer campaign improved flood understanding and helping in field appraisal and development.

Contributed and coordinated WRFM and WF Health assessments with Shell experts and worked on follow up actions of Modeling, step rate test and conformance improvement. An effective modeling strategy was identified as main gap during WRFM assessment. To comply with minimum requirement and as part of improvement plan for asset cluster, developed a modeling strategy in association with Senior RE to contribute to sustainable NFA, efficient WF and disposal management.

With Shell research team association, executed field trial of Low Salinity Water Flooding in a south Oman field. Have been regularly working as Completion Chairman for cross cluster sub-surface teams. Prepared Artificial Lift Strategy for cluster, implementation is ongoing that has stabilized facility process by flare reduction, NGL extraction and increased gas export. Also initiated and organized number of PSO (Production System Optimization) for cluster nodes. Supported Field group Appraisal and Integrated Study by PDO Study Team.

April 2013 -Feb 2008

DESIGNATION: Senior Production Technologist (Salary Group-3/Job Group-3)

COMPANY: Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat, Oman

ASSIGNMENT: Cluster/Asset Production Technology, Petroleum Engineering

(Additional Assignment Gas Lift Focal Point for PDO South Directorate)

Worked as fields PT, Asset Lead PT for Asset Management, Gas Lift Focal Point, AL Dashboard Focal Point and supported WRFM Team Leader. Worked in a team directly responsible for actively managing a mature (27 year) asset comprising a low to medium NTG fluvial channel reservoir that has (15 years ago) been converted to water-flood development. Was deeply involved with water flood development and management.

Common and frequent works within sub surface integrated team and outside teams are carrying out well, pattern, field, reservoir reviews, generating and maturing opportunities like WSO, additional perforations, integrity management, GLVCOs, lift gas allocation,surveillance, by proposal generations and executing major and stand alone interventions in cost effective manner. Have been participating in well picks and assisting drilling, completion and optimizing production. Other routine functions include monitoring daily production and injection performance; model Inflow-outflow for wells using Well Performance Software WinGLUE & PSOSPER. Worked for Identification and corrective measures for bottlenecks, maintain and improved field oil production, managed effectively the water and gas balance, water supply, injection and disposal, well integrity compliance, interface with production chemistry, Completion and Well Intervention teams, production operations, study team and participated in WRFM/ Water Flood health checks.

Enhanced production optimization efforts through active engagements with production fields teams, have coordinated frequent AL (Artificial Lift) Dashboard and AL failure reviews. Efforts improved AL performance by reducing failure rates and improving run life. Prepared AL strategy and recommended GL-ESP conversions in water flooded fields Zauliyah, Anzauz and Bahja. Managing monthly field water injection review including results of PLT/RST, Tracer

Surveys and carrying out integrated production optimization in consultation with ESP SMEs, Production Programmer, Process Engineer and Production Operations. Carried out station facility review in view of ZL field extension development plan and progressed well for additional ZL test facility and compressors. Compression facility has been upgraded and stabilized production.

Have been an active member of CWE (Collaborative Work Environment) and PSO (Production System Optimization). In engagement with operations, production programming and process engineering team established operating envelopes for Zauliyah station gas lift systems and set points by theoretical studies and practical trials. On many occasions have been standing for WRM Team Leader and carried out leadership role effectively. On the job and formal coaching provided to local staff as PT discipline lead for the cluster with 14 PTs. Had also experience of working with emergency control team and investigation & audit teams during a major incident at Zauliyah-10.

Dec2007 -June 2007

DESIGNATION: Area Production Engineer

COMPANY: Chevron Nigeria Limited, Nigeria

ASSIGNMENT: Area Production Engineering Consultant

Job responsibilities include analysis all aspects of production operations with the objective of optimizing production in volume, economics and ease of operation. Analyzes and recommends procedures in drilling and completion operations. Analyzing all aspects of gas lift systems and water injection systems. Managing Production Optimization Program, including Well Status, Reservoir Analysis, Rate Management, Budget and Well Review programs. Analyzes and validate all well tests. Prepares and recommends Non-Rig Work over and Major Rig Work over in conjunction with Reservoir Management. Recommends and schedules wire line, electric line and coiled tubing work coordination with Production Engineering Supervisor and the Asset Team. Performing engineering analysis of construction project designs in coordination with Field Supervisors and Facilities Engineering. Coordinates projects with supporting engineering agencies, i.e., Reservoir Management, Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Process Engineering, Construction, Drilling, Gas Processing Engineer, etc. Maintains production oriented structure maps for water flood reservoirs, and other reservoirs as appropriate. Schedules, analyzes and performs specialized testing required, such as de-bottlenecking back pressure testing, gas lift efficiency testing, etc. Works closely with Laboratory personnel on well head sample analysis, and special chemical analysis as required. Assists Field Supervisors in troubleshooting any and all operational problems.

The coverage area for eight fields of south offshore operations group was contributing to over 170,000 bbl/day of oil and was main focus area for major interventions and drilling activities. Many production enhancement methods were applied to arrest the decline. Use of high GOR and high pressure wells to lift weak wells. For de-bottlenecking of flow line constrains caused due to delayed flow line campaign was handled using high strength pipes within the jackets.

Application of well head temperature measuring tools to optimize gas lifted wells on location resulted in significant gain.

May 2007- Dec 2006

DESIGNATION: Production Optimization Engineer

COMPANY: Petro-CANADA (Veba Oil Operations, Libya)

ASSIGNMENT: Production Optimization

Mainly responsible for leading and driving the engineering and business of production optimization and artificial lift design. The job involves inflow/outflow modeling and network optimization using software like WellFlo and ReO. Troubleshoot the process at installations. To assist in evaluation on suitability and implementation of new technology. To ensure full cooperation from petroleum engineers, well services personnel, production operations & surface engineering staff to deliver well integrity, surveillance and optimization plans. To plan and co-ordinate well optimization campaigns to optimize production while minimizing campaign-induced deferment.

Worked intensively on system pressure stabilization in the gas lift network for the Amal field. Implemented improved gas lift design with maximization of pressure utility in gas lifting and controlling surface freezing problem. Reviewed Schlumberger production optimization studies and advised on applicability in Amal field. Established, commissioned and trained engineers on application of nitrogen charged gas lift workshop. Trained and supervised engineers on production technology and artificial lift.

Nov 2006 – Sep 2005

Designation: Petroleum Engineering Consultant

Company: DELCOM SERVICES SDN. BHD, (Former CAMCO, MALAYSIA), Malaysia

Assignment: Consultancy on Petroleum Production Engineering

Role was to provide production engineering consultancy, production optimization and troubleshooting solutions to the clients. Was involved with production optimization efforts of the clients. Also provided training to engineers and operators. Managed a well maintained gas lift work shop as per API guidelines for gas lift valve performance testing and provided designing, selection, calibration, servicing and testing facilities.

Advised many clients on inflow improvements by rig less efforts and stimulation by chemical treatments through detailed skin analysis. Optimization campaigns were mainly carried out by underperformance identification and problem diagnosis and application of onsite easy solutions.

Aug 2005 – Jan1995

Designation: Deputy Superintending Production Engineer/Executive/Asstt.Executive Engineer (Production)

Company: ONGC Limited, India- E & P National Major

Assignment: Senior Production Engineer/Production Engineer, Asset Management

As part of the production engineering specialist team, managed all the works of the specialist pool for production engineering and artificial lift. Hands on experience with designing, installation, commissioning, testing, operation, monitoring, trouble-shooting and optimization of all artificial lifted and naturally flowing wells of the asset. Was also associated in conceptualization, implementation and review of many research and development projects with in-house production technology R & D center related to various techniques like P –valve, plunger assisted gas lift, DYNA software development, adequacy check of the production systems, use of HP gas directly from gas well for gas lifting, internal gas lifting, HP gas requirement for gas lifting study and planning for compression facilities etc. Conceptualization, planning and de-bottlenecking in production process in multi disciplinary team environment.

Optimized a record number of 522 artificially lifted wells in a year. Commissioned and trained many engineers on field application of well analyzers. Tried new technology mainly in artificial lift. Lead the team for surveillance planning, data acquisition, interpretation/analysis and utilization of data corrective action and future lift system design. Applied economic creaming for lift gas utilization, reduction in water production and treatment cost and maximizing revenue from the asset.

As an active team player of the specialist pool of production engineering, managed the field operations by routine surveillance, problem diagnosis, alternatives evaluation, well intervention, production related trouble shooting and artificial lift operations. Through field implementation of the R & D projects, had the opportunity of learning many new methods and technologies. Regular trouble-shooting and production optimization efforts added more confidence and familiarity with field production operations.

Dec 1994 - Sept 1993

Designation: Drilling Engineer

Company: Oil India Limited, E & P National Oil Company

Assignment: Shift In charge on various electrical and mechanical drilling rigs

As shift in-charge on different drilling rigs, managed and lead the drilling operations. During this assignment drilled many exploratory and developmental vertical and deviated wells up to 4300 m in onshore fields. Had experience of drilling, completion operations and handing over the wells to production teams after well activation and flow establishment.

Hands on experience in directional drilling and real time measurements. Applied many deviations, profile monitoring, and measurement tools. Optimized drilling time, ROP by bit nozzle size fine tuning and RPM based on drilling sand requirements.

Trainings

Technical

Shell Advanced Well & Reservoir Management Course

Shell Well Integrity management Training

Integrated Activity Planning Simulation Training by Shell

Ten weeks Production Technology course at ONGC Academy, India

Three weeks training at Institute of Drilling Technology, ONGC, India

Refresher courses on Artificial Lift, Gas Lift Design and Production Optimization, India

Six weeks field visit in Cauvery Asset of ONGC, India

Six week training at Uran Oil and Hazira Gas Processing Plant, ONGC, India

More than 100 days field experience with jobs Work-over, Fracturing, wire-line and Drilling in Gujarat Oil field

Software

Trained & proficient in Windows OS & MS-Office packages

Trained & proficient in WellFlo software of Edinburgh Petroleum Services

Trained in IPM Toolkit(PROSPER,GAP & MBAL) of Petroleum Experts

Trained in Win GLUE(Gas Lift User Environment) by Appsmith/Shell

Trained in SROD-Beam pump software by Lufkin

Trained in EDM-Landmark Open Wells & Profile, Production Optimizer, Energy Component, Power Explorer, Well Services Software, SAP, Economics, and other utilities software

Work Focus: Gas Lift

Well Evaluation and prediction for the need of artificial lift

Suitability and Selection of the well for gas lift

Comparative evaluation with other forms of artificial lift

Gas Lift Design, re-design and design fine tuning

Gas Lift Workshop Operations : GLV servicing, repair, testing and calibration

Installation/ GL well completion on Gas Lift with rig and change out by wire line

Well fluid unloading, monitoring, process recording and optimization

Fine tuning of the injection gas for well stabilization

Integration and stabilization of the well with flow networks and existing GL system

Gas allocation based on GUF and live monitoring systems to keep wells in pre defined OE

Two pen and digital recording, detail well performance analysis and well monitoring

Generating gas in oil out curves both for well and field

Well production and flow network optimization

Flowing PT Survey, problem diagnosis and trouble shooting

Detail well performance review in view of changing reservoir conditions

Application of echo meter in well monitoring and well analysis

Design of slim gas lift for wells with damaged casing

In-depth knowledge of gas lift valve mechanics and advanced valve performance

New Technology applications in gas lift

CO2 Tracer application for gas lift performance monitoring

Trained and proficient in Gas Lift Software: WellFlo, PROSPER, PIPESIM and Win GLUE

Field development planning for future gas lift requirements

Gas Lift operations in stability, root cause identification and achieving sustained and stable production from gas lifted wells

Conducting Gas Lift training course for production engineers

Consultancy on Gas Lift and production optimization

Publication/Workshop/Technical Interest

1. SPE-145663-MS: Field Development and Water Flood Management in Complex Clastic Field in Oman - Case Study

2. ALRDC Gas-Lift Workshop Feb-2011: Well Tracer Surveys – Full field implementation in Petroleum Development Oman

3. Gas Lift System Optimization: LinkedIn administrator for technical interest group with 492 industry professionals

Professional Memberships

Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Member Artificial Lift Research and Development Council

Personal Bio-data

Citizenship: Indian

Date & Place of Birth:09 the Feb 1970, Varanasi, U.P. Sate, India

Passport Indian (Self, Spouse & Two kids)

Passport No.: Z-2048557

Passport Validity: 11 July 2020

Marital status: Married, 2 sons (Age 10 Years, 7 Years)

Contacts No. for residence country Oman +968-********

Contacts No. for Home Country India +919*********

Address for Residence Country OMAN:

JITENDRA KUMAR

OSPB/15, Comp ID 54528, Bahja Rima Asset, Petroleum Engineering,

Oil South Directorate, RD-135, Main Old Building,

Petroleum Development Oman, PO Box 81, Postal Code 113,

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Mobile +968-********, Phone +968-********(Office)

Email: ********.*.*****@***.**.**; *******@*****.***

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